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London, July 12 (IANS) Mitchell Starc has expressed his intention to rely on his own strengths throughout the ongoing Ashes 2023 series, rather than attempting to emulate the approach of players like Pat Cummins and altering his own methods.The 33-year-old took six scalps at Lord’s to lead Australia to a 43-run win. He backed it up with seven wickets in the third Test at Headingley, including a fifer in the second innings.In Ashes 2019, Starc was mainly overlooked for his high economy rate. He had appeared only at Manchester, where the teams head next in this series, and claimed four…

New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) OPPO India on Wednesday announced the establishment of an Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) in Kerala in collaboration with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) as Knowledge Partners.This programme motivates students to explore, experiment, and undertake projects involving DIY kits in robotics, electronics, and rapid prototyping, the company said.The lab at St Paul’s CEHSS in Kuriachira, Thrissur, was inaugurated by Rajeev Chandrashekar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT.The primary objective of this initiative is to create an empowered future-ready workforce and nurture entrepreneurship and technological skills among the youth.Till 2022,…

San Francisco, July 12 (IANS) Google has released the Android 14 Beta 4 update which includes an ‘auto-confirm unlock’ feature, a variety of fixes, system performance improvements, and much more.The tech giant released the Android 14 Beta 4 update on Tuesday, and mentioned the fixed and acknowledged issues in the release notes.”Android 14 includes behaviour changes to help improve performance, battery life, security, and privacy,” the company said.Android researcher Mishaal Rahman on Twitter revealed that the new update includes an ‘auto-confirm’ feature, which unlocks the users’ phone automatically when they enter the PIN correctly.However, the PIN must be 6 digits…

London, July 12 (IANS) Microsoft and the global consulting firm KPMG have announced a significant expansion of their global relationship, which will reshape professional services in a number of business-critical areas such as workforce modernisation, safe and secure development, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for clients, industries, and society more broadly.The collaboration between the two global organisations includes a KPMG multibillion-dollar commitment in Microsoft cloud and AI services over the next five years that will help to unlock potential incremental growth opportunities for KPMG of over $12 billion.In addition, the expanded alliance will enhance KPMG client engagements…

The banking industry is logging credit as well as high cost deposit growth though the low cost CASA (current account, savings account) deposit growth remains weak, the report said.The sector logged year-on-year credit growth momentum at mid-teens through 1QFY24, which should translate into high-teens credit growth for most large banks, especially in sticky loan segments like retail and small and medium enterprises (SME), the report notes.The growth in deposit was in early double digits from high single digit which puts at rest the supply side concern about credit growth momentum.”Given incremental fund mobilisation via higher-cost term deposits and floating rate…

“Similar to how parents know who their teens are friends with and what clubs they’re a part of at school, Family Center helps them learn more about who their teens are friends with and talk to on Discord,” the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday.With the new feature, the platform aims to “help foster productive dialogue about safer internet habits, and to create mutually beneficial ways for parents and teens to connect about experiences online.”The tool has two major components– a new activity dashboard accessible from Discord at any time, and a weekly email summary containing high-level information about…

She passed away earlier today at the age of 69, after suffering from a rare neurological condition for a long time.”Extremely saddened to learn about the demise of Mrs. Sita Dahal. I express my sincere condolences to @cmprachanda and pray that the departed soul finds eternal peace. Om Shanti,” Modi tweeted.–IANS ans/dpb

“Jain pontiff was killed, our activist was hacked to death, common men are being murdered, and techies are lynched,” he said while talking to reporters.The BJP legislators led by the former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai held a protest near the Gandhi statue of Vidhansouda.Bommai said that the murderer had uploaded the video on his Instagram account as there is no fear. Police are being pressured and a police officer who tried to prevent illegality was hacked. The senior police officers bow down to their political bosses and there is absolutely no fear among the killers.“The thick skinned government is not…

Mazagaon Dock was quoting at Rs 1,730 on BSE, up 8.9 per cent.In a clarification to BSE on the spurt in its price, the company said that Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is a Government Company under section 2(45) of the Companies Act, engaged in the construction and repair of warships and submarines for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India for use by the Indian Navy and other vessels for commercial clients.MDL being a CPSE under the administrative control of the MoD is required to follow the procedures and guidelines laid down by it.In view of the sensitive nature…

Released in 2019, ‘Super 30’ is a biographical drama based on the life of a mathematics teacher and his educational programme of the same name, it is directed by Vikas Bahl and stars Hrithik Roshan as Anand Kumar.Hrithik shared throwback pictures from the film on his social media saying: “Some films leave a deep imprint as an actor and collaborator. Super 30 for me is an experience lived, one I will forever cherish.”Breaking the stereotypes, Hrithik, who is also known as the ‘Greek God’ of Bollywood, slipped into a rural and rooted character for the film.Currently, Hrithik is gearing for…